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Originally Posted by IndySam
When are the saved rookie spots usually released?
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Most of last year's events began releasing the waitlists around the beginning of November. The earliest on October 28 or so, and others scattered through the first couple of weeks of November with a lot coming on November 9. Some (DC, San Diego, Kansas City, Silicon Valley, and more) didn't clear theirs until the week before Christmas.
Here are last year's charts by event if you want to see for yourself:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12944&d=1345570471 Mass waitlist releases are marked by sharp upticks.
It looks like FIRST HQ is relinquishing some slots to waitlisted veterans, but in most cases not all yet by any means.
So far, only a handful of Regionals have released reserve slots to veteran teams. Of particular double-digit note: GSR, Palmetto, Pittsburgh.
Here are the releases so far. (the -number are the slots released over and above Initial Capacity)
These numbers include rookies and veterans.
Week 1
-15 ---- BAE Systems Granite State Regional
-2 ----- Finger Lakes Regional
-11 ---- Palmetto Regional
Week 2
-8 ----- San Diego Regional
-1 ----- Orlando Regional
-3 ----- WPI Regional
-1 ----- Northern Lights Regional
-1 ----- New York City Regional
Week 3
-6 ----- Peachtree Regional
-3 ----- Boilermaker Regional
-7 ----- St. Louis Regional
-1 ----- North Carolina Regional
-12 ---- Pittsburgh Regional
-1 ----- Virginia Regional
Week 4
-9 ----- Waterloo Regional
-3 ----- Phoenix Regional
-2 ----- Sacramento Regional
-2 ----- Los Angeles Regional
-1 ----- Boston Regional
Week 5
-1 ----- Inland Empire Regional
-2 ----- Washington DC Regional
-1 ----- Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional
-4 ----- Smoky Mountain Regional
-1 ----- Alamo Regional
-7 ----- Seattle Regional
Week 6
-5 ----- Razorback Regional
-4 ----- Silicon Valley Regional
-1 ----- Hawaii Regional
-6 ----- Midwest Regional
-1 ----- Crossroads Regional
-3 ----- SBPLI Long Island Regional
Districts
-1 ----- Kettering District
-4 ----- Traverse City District
-1 ----- Gull Lake District
-1 ----- Grand Blanc District
-5 ----- Detroit District